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Should the PMI adopt belts like the six sigma belts?

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Drake Settsu Project Manager / Blogger Hi, United States
I think it would be a good idea. Step certifications would lead to a Grand Master certification.

I don't think the the PMI will do this, but I'm interested in everyone's feedback.
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RAJESH K L Project Manager, PMP| Bharat Electronics, Bengaluru, India Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
PMI should adopt such innovative ideas to motivate PM's to acquire and learn continuously
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Girija Ramakrishnan Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Drake -

Like PMI has already included Agile practices in latest editions of PMBOK, PMI can make Lean & Six Sigma inclusions in PMI's existing certifications due to the growing needs of Lean & Six Sigma practitioners rather than having separate certifications on Six Sigma.
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Julien Cottin France
Creating a new certification on top of PMP, based on knowledge areas or process groups high level certifications would be a great addition for motivating PMs to keep working on their knowledge after PMP (even if PDUs are already on purpose).

Anyway, i don't know what could be the content of these high level certifications...
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Drew Craig Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard Philadelphia, Pa, United States
PMI has the PgMP and PfMP.

While certainly an interesting idea, I don't necessarily see the market demand.
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Drake -

I like a belt-based approach but would prefer to go with a more granular model like true martial arts vs. the LSS approach.

That way, you could have a 4th dan black belt PM :-)

The challenge is ensuring objectivity in the assessment process - it would be pretty difficult to scale it to the number of certified practitioners out there...

Kiron
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Antonio Mannings PMO Director | Head of DEI| Access to Growth Chicago, Il, United States
Would this mean that a practitioner should acquire the CAPM first and then on to the others? Also, if the credentials are "stack-able" would this mean a skilled PgMP would need to go back to take other exams?
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
It would only be a money spinning tool. I can't stand the belt system (ie. PSM1 etc) even though I am certified in one of them :-)
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
I woukd agree with Kiron on this. I do not believe doing so for PMP Certification is a good idea because the PMP is inclusive of all KA’s and if you want to go to the next level you can do PgMP and then PfMP so I would called those probably the Green and Black Belts.
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Mayte Mata Sivera PMO Leader | Speaker | Author Ut, United States
Although I have some knowledge/training about the belts...I don't think that it will fit in the PMI organization...also there are PM's that are "world champions" imagine that now we'll have a variety of colors...pink, purple, blueish... blow minded each time that I'll check LinkedIn :)
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Dinah Young Project Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William County Springfield, Va, United States
I do not like the belt system because it is not descriptive of what is involved in the certification. What does Green Belt actually mean? I am fine with keeping PMI as it is.
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